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Senescence cell–associated extracellular vesicles serve as osteoarthritis disease and therapeutic markers
Ok Hee Jeon, … , Kenneth W. Witwer, Jennifer H. Elisseeff
Ok Hee Jeon, … , Kenneth W. Witwer, Jennifer H. Elisseeff
Published April 4, 2019
Citation Information: JCI Insight. 2019;4(7):e125019. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.125019.
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Research Article Aging Therapeutics

Senescence cell–associated extracellular vesicles serve as osteoarthritis disease and therapeutic markers

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Abstract

Senescent cells (SnCs) are increasingly recognized as central effector cells in age-related pathologies. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are potential cellular communication tools through which SnCs exert central effector functions in the local tissue environment. To test this hypothesis in a medical indication that could be validated clinically, we evaluated EV production from SnCs enriched from chondrocytes isolated from human arthritic cartilage. EV production increased in a dose-responsive manner as the concentration of SnCs increased. The EVs were capable of transferring senescence to nonsenescent chondrocytes and inhibited cartilage formation by non-SnCs. microRNA (miR) profiles of EVs isolated from human arthritic synovial fluid did not fully overlap with the senescent chondrocyte EV profiles. The effect of SnC clearance was tested in a murine model of posttraumatic osteoarthritis. miR and protein profiles changed after senolytic treatment but varied depending on age. In young animals, senolytic treatment altered expression of miR-34a, -30c, -125a, -24, -92a, -150, and -186, and this expression correlated with cartilage production. The primary changes in EV contents in aged mice after senolytic treatment, which only reduced pain and degeneration, were immune related. In sum, EV contents found in synovial fluid may serve as a diagnostic for arthritic disease and indicator for therapeutic efficacy of senolytic treatment.

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Ok Hee Jeon, David R. Wilson, Cristina C. Clement, Sona Rathod, Christopher Cherry, Bonita Powell, Zhenghong Lee, Ahmad M. Khalil, Jordan J. Green, Judith Campisi, Laura Santambrogio, Kenneth W. Witwer, Jennifer H. Elisseeff

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